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The Queensland state government is offering scale-up grants to female founders of technology companies.

The NSW government has announced funding for biotech companies along with cuts to the program from which the funding is to be provided.

A Melbourne-based corporate advisory firm has expanded into private equity fund management achieving a first close for its inaugural fund at $50 million.

An Australian fund manager has set up a New Zealand feeder fund for its conservative private debt investment strategy that already operates on both sides of the Tasman Sea.

A New Zealand firm is seeking to raise $NZ50 million for its second climate venture fund.

An early-stage venture capital firm has declared a final close for its first fund after a 12-month raising period.

A climate tech venture firm is planning to raise a new fund on the back of increased valuations for its current portfolio of mostly early-stage investments.

One of New Zealand's leading trading banks has launched a clean tech debt fund which will focus on developing companies with potential to go global.

A new investment firm is raising a fund which will take stakes in emerging private equity firms.

A New Zealand technology investment firm has raised new capital for its management company.

A private equity firm that focuses on smaller businesses has achieved a first close for its latest fund after less than two months of fundraising.

A global alternative assets manager has raised nearly $11 billion for its latest Asia-Pacific region buyout fund despite a downturn in private capital fundraising internationally.

The US company that owns investment app Square, has committed $3 million to a Melbourne-based Indigenous impact fund.

A turnaround-focused buyout firm has announced the final close of its latest fund above its target of $500 million.

A Sydney family office is raising a fund which will invest in a national roll-up of pet boarding facilities.

A New Zealand deep tech venture capital firm's planned $NZ35 million new fund is to be cornerstoned by a community trust.

A pre-seed investment firm that specialises in the early identification of technology business founders is nearing $60 million for its second Australian fund.